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Subject: Re: Airline tickets - r/t then one-way - reschedule vs buy another Posted on: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 16:04:49 -0000


"- Bobb -" wrote in message
news:XpudnXZ91-ZbwAneRVn-sw@comcast.com...
>
> What if you buy a Round Trip ticket and decide to stay (and toss the
> return ticket ?)
> Would the airlines care/ notice ?

No, thousands of people do so every month

> Would they adjust the price on my already bought ticket to a "day of
> departute date" one-way ticket ?
>

No

> I remember a few year sago , airlines "cracked down on folks that got a
> deal on a R/T ticket and bought 2 "deal tickets back to back
> and tossed half of each to create a "new ticket". The airlines were ...
> gonna do something ... what ever happened ?
>

Some airlines watch for back to backs and if they spot someone
doing that may refuse to carry them. This is not illegal per se
but is a breach of contract. Note that if you do not travel on
the oubound leg of a return the return half is automatically cancelled

> I just paid $300 for a ticket and now I may end up staying a few extra
> weeks - I don;t know exactly how logn and won;t know until a
> short time before departure. I'm thinking I might pay a few hundred or so
> to reschdeule, but then I might just buy a one way on
> Southwest for $75 and toss the original
>
>

Dont bother, you'll be fine, the airlines cant force you to fly when you
dont want to.

Keith



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